Table 1.

Characteristics of included patients with liver cirrhosis and controls

Variables	Patients	%	Controls	%	t or χ2	P value
Age, years
< 55	150	47.17	157	49.37
≥ 55	168	52.83	161	50.63	0.31	0.58
Sex
Females	100	31.45	100	31.45
Males	218	68.55	218	68.55	0.00	1.00
Chronic hepatitis B
No	148	46.54	291	91.51
Yes	170	53.46	27	8.49	118.71	< 0.001
Chronic hepatitis C
No	293	92.14	315	99.06
Yes	25	7.86	3	0.94	18.09	< 0.001
Alcohol status
No	132	41.51	253	79.56
Yes	186	58.49	65	20.44	96.36	< 0.001
Child-Pugh score
A	163	51.26
B	128	40.25
C	27	8.49